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Nuclear explosion tests, set-up (?)

Major collection: Science & Technology
Named collection: Harold E. Edgerton Collection
Object type: color slide
Maker: Edgerton, Harold Eugene
Place made: United States
Materials: 35mm film; glass; tape; metal
Measurements: 2" x 2"

Tower set-up for explosion of a nuclear bomb on a platform at sea (?); 1950s.(CC)


HEE-SC-08318

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